Be willing to pay the price

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Be willing to pay the price

“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem wonderful at all,” said the famous painter Michelangelo.

How true. Behind every great achievement is the story of education, training, practice, discipline, and sacrifice. You have to be willing to pay the price.

Maybe that price is pursuing one single activity while putting everything else in your life on hold.

Maybe it’s investing all of your own personal wealth or savings.

Maybe it’s the willingness to walk away from the safety of your current situation.

Though many things are typically required to reach a successful outcome, the willingness to do what’s required adds that extra dimension to the mix that helps you persevere in the face of overwhelming challenges, setbacks, pain and even personal injury.